‘Hot’ transmitters keep AFN radio Naples off-air

American Forces Network radio in Naples remains out of commission while the US Consulate and AFN officials lobby for Italian approval to use new transmitters.

The transmitters are atop Collina dei Camaldoli, Naples’ highest point, where numerous other radio, television and cell phone towers also are located.

The site is “hot” [with electromagnetic field emissions], and there have been many complaints from residents in the area,” according to Giuseppe D’Antonio, with Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambientale Campania, the regional equivalent of the US Environmental Protection Agency.

While the AFN transmitters did test below emission limits set by the Italian government, the collective readings on the hilltop exceed safe levels, D’Antonio said. “I cannot, in good conscience, approve even one more,” he said.

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Source: Media Network